10 Things You Didn't Expect To Happen When You 100% A Video Game

9. You Got Mail - Super Mario Sunshine

The Mario games are a masterclass in providing fantastic all ages challenges, joy, and satisfying game experiences that are sad to close the book on.

How fortunate then that Super Mario Sunshine cushioned the blow of players’ upset at having finished one of the best games in the series by providing one of the worst rewards for 100% completion we’ve ever seen.

If you did put the time in to collect all 120 Shine Sprites in the game, which is no small task at all, you are granted an alternate ending. Instead of the standard ending which shows you a picture of Il Piantissimo finding the Magic Paintbrush you get a group photo of Mario and all his NPC pals standing above the phrase “Have a relaxing vacation!” If you’re thinking to yourself that that sounds worse than the first option, then you’d be among the majority.

So there’s a surprise for your daunting effort. Not a great surprise, but a surprise.